Celebrating 68th Years Of Konpa! 🇭🇹🎷🪘💃🏾🕺🏾⁠ ⁠ The history of #Konpa music began in Haiti during the mid-1950s, when saxophonist and maestro, or band leader Nemours Jean-Baptiste and his first band Conjunto International began adapting the traditional sounds of Haitian dance music into a new style. ⁠ ⁠ Jean-Baptiste and his bandmates, including fellow saxophone player Webert Sicot and conga drummer Kreutzer Duroseau, began folding elements of Haitian music into their sound. They would play